Juwayriyah
جويرية
Say it ju-WAY-ri-yah
A young woman
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- j-r-y
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Juwayriya, Juwairiya, Cüveyriye
Meaning & source
The diminutive of jāriyah, a young woman; Ibn Fāris ties jāriyah to the root of running and flowing.
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والجارية من النِّساء من ذلك أيضاً، لأنَّها تُستَجْرَى فى الخِدمة، وهى بيِّنة الجِراء قال: والبِيضُ قد عَنَسَت وطال جِراؤُها
Who carried this name
- Juwayriyah bint al-Ḥārith, Mother of the Believers Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11008 (vol. 8, p. 72)
Ruling
What the scholars said about this name
Her name had been Barrah; the Prophet ﷺ changed it to Juwayriyah, disliking that it be said “he left Barrah (the pious one)”.
General guidance, not a fatwa. Ask your imam about your own family.